Delenn finds herself in danger when a badly damaged ship is brought into the station, and the mysterious alien inside is identified as a Soul Hunter — an immortal race who can sense death and supposedly steal someone's soul.

Dr. Franklin gets a visit from his old friend and mentor, xenoarcheologist Dr. Vance Hendricks, who wants Franklin's help to analyze some hi-tech organic artifacts he found on a dead world and has had smuggled onto the station.